The study that got away. (2015).Research in Human Development, 12:3/4:356-359.

Passage to adulthood. (2010).The Prevention Researcher, 17(2):3-7.

On a new schedule: Transitions to adulthood and family change. (2010).The Future of the Children, 20(1):67-87.

Introducing the issue: Transition to adulthood, with Gordon Berlin and Mary Waters. (2010).The Future of Children 20(1):3-18.

Diverging development: The not so invisible hand of social class in the United States. (2010).
In B. Risman (Ed.), Families as they really are, (pp. 276-294). New York: W.W. Norton & Co.

The recent transformation of the American family: Witnessing and exploring social change.(2011).
In Paula England and Marcia Carlson (Eds.), Social class and changing families in an unequal America (pp. 192-220). Stanford: Stanford University Press.

Marriage is more than being together: The meaning of marriage for young adults, with Maria Kefalas, Patrick Carr and Laura Napolitano. (2011).Journal of Family Issues, 32:7:845-875.

How do low-income men and fathers matter for children and family life? (2011). ANNALS, 635(May):131-137.

Middle-income families in the economic downturn: Challenges and management strategies over time, with Roberta Rehner Iversen and Laura Napolitano. (2011).Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 2(3):296-300.

Trends in economic independence of young adults in the United States: 1973-2007, with Maria Sironi. (2012).Population and Development Review, 38(4):609-630.

Parental support during young adulthood: Why does assistance decline with age? with Caroline Sten Hartnett, Kira S. Birditt, and Karen L. Fingerman. (2013).Journal of Family Issues, 34(7):975-1007.

Transitions to adulthood: What we can learn from the west. (March 2013).ANNALS vol. 646:28-41.

How I became a developmentalist. (2013).
In Richard Lerner, Anne Petersen, Rainer Silbereisen, & Jeanne Brooks-Gunn (Eds.), The developmental science of adolescence: History through autobiography (pp. 184-191). New York: Psychology Press.

Fifty years of family change: From Consensus to complexity. (2014).
In Marcia Carlson and Daniel R. Meyer (Eds.), Family Complexity, Poverty, and Public Policy, ANNALS vol. 654: 12-30.

Explaining the transition to adulthood: A multi-disciplinary case study synthesis for Italy, Sweden, Germany, and the USA, with Thomas D. Cook. (2002). 580:257-287.

Intergenerational transmission of fathering roles in at risk families, with Christopher C. Weiss. (2000). Marriage and Family Review, 29(2/3): 181-201.

The sociology of adolescence and youth in the 1990s: A critical commentary. (2000). Journal of Marriage and the Family, 62:4:896-910.

The family in the city. (2000). Urbana, V.5:No. 6:25-35.

Delayed parental divorce: How much do children benefit? With Kathleen Kiernan. (2001). The Journal of Marriage and the Family, 63(2):446-457.

Dissolution of family in western nations: Cultural concerns. (2001).
In Neil J. Smelser, James Wright, & Paul B. Baltes (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Science, (pp.3856-3861). London: Elsevier Science.

The sociology of adolescence. (2001).
In Neil J. Smelser, James Wright, & Paul B. Baltes (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Science, (pp.94-97).London: Elsevier Science.

Life course reflections. (2001). Marriage and Family Review, 32:1:139-148.

Managing to make it: Afterthoughts. (2001). Journal of Family Issues, 22:2:150-162.

Inequalities in the use of time by teenagers and young adults, with Anne H. Gauthier. (2001).
In K. Vleminckx & T. Smeeding (Eds.), Child well-being in modern nations: What do we know? (pp. 175-197) Bristol, UK: The Policy Press.

The fading dream: Prospects for marriage in the inner-city. (2001).
In Elijah Anderson & Douglas S. Massey (Eds.), Problem of the century: Racial stratification in the United States at Century’s end (pp. 224-246). New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

How it takes 20 years to do a study. (2002).
In E. Phelps, F.F. Furstenberg, & A. Colby (Eds.), Looking at lives: American longitudinal studies of the twentieth century, (pp. 37-57). New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

The social ecology of child endangerment, with Mark Testa. (2002).
In M.Rosenheim, F.Zimring, D.S. Tanenhaus, & B.Dohrn (Eds.), A century of juvenile justice, (pp. 237-253). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Changes in adolescents interpersonal experiences: Are they being prepared for adult relationships in the 21st century? with Reed W. Larson, Suzanne Wilson, B. Bradford Brown, and Suman Verma. (2002). Journal of Research on Adolescence 12(1):31-68.

Growing up in American society: Income, opportunities, and outcomes. (2003).
In Walter R. Heinz and Victor W. Marshall (Eds.). Social dynamics of the life course: Transitions, institutions, and interrelations, (pp. 211-233). New York: Aldine De Gruyter.

Racial and gender differences in the transition to adulthood: A longitudinal study of Philadelphia youth, with Julie Kmec. (2003). Advances in Life Course Research 7:435-470.

Teenage childbearing as a public issue and private concern. (2003). Annual Review of Sociology, 29:23-39.

Marriage: A luxury good? (2003). Zero to Three 23:3:13-17.

Shifting child rearing to single mothers: Results from 17 Western countries, with Patrick Heuveline and Jeffrey M. Timberlake. (2003).Population and Development Review, 29(1):47-71.

Educational differences in married mothers and married fathers time with children: Cross national variations, with Liana C. Sayer and Anne H. Gauthier. (2004).Journal of Marriage and the Family 66:(4):1149-1166.

Are parents in industrialized countries investing less time with children? with Anne H. Gauthier and Timothy M. Smeeding. (2004). Population and Development Review 30:(4):647-671.

Can marriage be saved? (2005).Dissent Summer:76-80.

Banking on families: How families generate and distribute social capital. (2005). Journal of Marriage and the Family, 67:4:809-821.

The prevalence and correlates of multipartnered fertility among urban U.S. parents, with Marcy Carlson. (2006).Journal of Marriage and Family, 68(3):718-732.

Growing up healthy” Are adolescents the right target group? (2006).Journal of Adolescent Health 39(3):303-304.

Delayed adulthood, delayed desistance? Trends in the age distribution of problem behaviors, with Sarah Hayford. (2008). Journal of Research on Adolescence 18(2):285-304.

The intersections of social class and the transition to adulthood. (2008).
In J. T. Mortimer (Ed.), Social class and transitions to adulthood. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 119:1-10.

If Moynihan had only known: Race, class, and family change in the later 20th century. (2009).Annals 621:94-110.

Early childbearing in the new era of delayed adulthood. (2009).
In Andy Furlong (Ed.), Handbook of Youth and Young Adulthood, (pp. 226-231). New York: Routledge.

1990-1999

Coming of age in a changing family system. (1990).
In S. Feldman & G. Elliott (Eds.), At the threshold: The developing adolescent (pp. 147-170). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

The next generation: The children of teenage mothers grow up, with M. E. Hughes & J. Brooks-Gunn. (1992).
In M. K. Rosenheim & M. F. Testa (Eds.), Early parenthood and coming of age in the 1990s (pp. 113-135). New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.

Daddies and fathers: Men who do for their children and men who don't. (1992). In Caring and paying: What fathers and mothers say about child support (pp. 34-56). Report prepared for MDRC project Parents' Fair Share Demonstration. New York: MDRC.

Teenage and childbearing and cultural rationality: A thesis is search of evidence. (1992).Family Relations, 41(2):239-243.

Who drops out of and who continues beyond high school? A 20 year follow-up of Black urban youth, with J. Brooks-Gunn and Guang Guo. (1993).Journal of Research on Adolescence, 3(3):271-294.

Early warning signs of functional illiteracy: Predictors in childhood and adolescence, with Nazli Baydar and J. Brooks-Gunn. (1993).Child Development, 64:815-829.

Family change and the welfare of children: What do we know and what can we do about it? (1995).
In K. O. Mason & A. M. Jensen (Eds.), Gender and family change in industrialized countries (pp. 245-257). Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Family-State relations and the well-being of children. (1997).
In Asher Ben-Arieh & Helmut Wintersberger (Eds.), Monitoring and measuring the state of children: Beyond survival. Eurosocial Report 62 (pp. 187-191). Vienna: European Centre for Social Welfare and Policy Research.

State-family alliances and children’s welfare: A research agenda. (1997).Childhood, 4(2):183-192.

When will teenage childbearing become a social problem? The implications of Western experience for developing countries. (1998).Studies in Family Planning, 29(2):246-253.

Social capital and the role of fathers in the family. (1998).
In A. Booth & N. Crouter (Eds.), Men in families: When do they get involved? What difference does it make, (pp. 295-301). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, Assoc.

Paternal involvement with adolescents in intact families: The influence of fathers over the life course, with Kathleen Mullan Harris and Jeffrey K. Marmer. (1998).Demography, 35(2):201-216.

How much do we count? Interpretation and error-making in the 1990 census, with Roberta R. Iversen and Alisa A. Belzer. (1999).Demography, 36(1):121-134.

Family change and family diversity: Accounts of the past and scenarios of the future. (1999).
In N. J. Smelser & J.C. Alexander (Eds.), Diversity and Its Discontents (pp.147-165). Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Adolescent females: Their sexual partners and fathers of their children, with Irma T. Elo and Rosalind Berkowitz King. (1999).Journal of Marriage and the Family, 61(1):74-84.

Is the modern family a threat to children’s health? (1999).Society, 1:10-17.

Children and family change: Discourse between social scientists and the media. (1999).Contemporary Sociology, 28(1):10-17.

1980-1989

Burdens and benefits: The impact of early childbearing on the family. (1980).Journal of Social Issues, 36(1):64-87.

Reflections on remarriage: Introduction to special issue on remarriage. (1980).Journal of Family Issues, 1(4):443-453.

Bringing in the family: Kinship support and contraceptive behavior, with Roberta Herceg-Baron & Jay Jamail. (1981).
In T. Ooms (Ed.), Teenage pregnancy in a family context: Implications for policy. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.

The American family in the year 2000, with Andrew J. Cherlin. (1983).The Futurist, June:237-241.

The life course of children of divorce: Marital disruption and parental conflict, with Christine Winquist Nord, James L. Peterson, and Nicholas Zill. (1983).American Sociological Review, 48(5):656-668.

The divorce dilemma: After the revolution. (1987).Contemporary Sociology, 16(4):556-558.

The emergence of conjugal succession. (1987).
In Soziale Welt Jahrgang 38(1):29-39. Gottingen: Verlag Otto Schwartz & Co. Also published as One hundred years of change in the American family. (1989). In H. J. Bershady (Ed.), Social class and leadership: Essays in honor of E. Digby Baltzell (pp. 20-32). Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.

Work experience and family life. (1974).
In J. O'Toole (Ed.), Work and the quality of life. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.

Children of the Great Depression: A review essay. (1975).American Journal of Sociology, 81(3):647-652.

Counting the jobless: The impact of job rationing on the measurement of unemployment, with Charles Thrall. (1975).The Annals, 418:45-49.

The origins of the female-headed Black family: The impact of urban experience, with Theodore Herschberg & John Modell. (1975).Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 7(2):211-233.

Social change and transition to adulthood in historical perspective, with John Modell & Theodore Herschberg. (1976).Journal of Family History, 1(1):7-32.

The social consequences of teenage parenthood. (1976).Family Planning Perspectives, 8(4):148-166.

Premarital pregnancy and marital instability. (1976).Journal of Social Issues, 32(1):67-86.

The timing of marriage in the transition to adulthood: Continuity and change, 1860-1975, with John Modell & Douglas Strong. (1978).American Journal of Sociology, 84(S120-S150): Turning points: Historical and sociological essays on the family.